Fahrenheit 451

Beth White

Mrs. Neace

September 29, 2005

Compare the Montag we meet at the beginning of the novel to the Montag we leave at the end. Be sure to explain which characters and events influenced Montag to change.

Question 4.

English 2

In this book, books are burned and in the beginning Montag is the one who burns them. He doesn't burn them because he is forced, he does it because he enjoys it, and He says he does in the very beginning of this book. When the end of this book approaches his ideas of books have developed so much that he wants to save them.

In the beginning of the book Montag did not have any thoughts, he never questioned anything, when someone said jump he said how high. Over the period of reading this book he went from a drone to a half way normal person found throughout our society today. Thanks to Clarisse he wants to learn, he wants to know what is going on in the world.

He feels compassion for other people in the end to. Talking to Clarisse so much made him realize that people are people not just objects. The old lady mad him feel compassion to. Seeing her, giving her life for her books made him realize the importance the books had. He wanted to save the old woman.

Montag is confusing, he changes. An emotionless drone in this book became a man who was going to make a difference in his world.

Montag is a confusing character. In the beginning he loves to burn books and in the end he wants to save them. He went through drastic changes all through this book.